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Wiki encyclopedias have been started in other languages: |
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This page will eventually be refactored to be a list or presentation of our foreign language versions. But for now, we can use it as our International Wikipedia 'Talk' page. |
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<b>[http://es.wikipedia.com Spanish (Espanol)] -- [http://zh.wikipedia.com/ Chinese] -- [http://ca.wikipedia.com/ Catalan (Catalana)] -- [http://eo.wikipedia.com/ Esperanto] -- [http://fr.wikipedia.com/ French (Francais)] -- [http://de.wikipedia.com/ German (Deutsch)] --- [http://he.wikipedia.com/ Hebrew] -- [http://it.wikipedia.com/ Italian (Italiano)] -- [http://ja.wikipedia.com/ Japanese (Nihongo)] -- [http://pt.wikipedia.com/ Portuguese (Portugues)] -- [http://es.wikipedia.com/ Spanish (Espanol)] -- [http://ru.wikipedia.com/ Russian (Russkiy)]</b> |
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I have set up [http://catalan.wikipedia.com Catalan Wikipedia] and [http://deutsche.wikipedia.com Deutsche Wikipedia] (German) and [http://nihongo.wikipedia.com Nihongo no Wikpedia] (Japanese), and I anxiously expect there to be some problems or complaints as people start to use them. |
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| ⚫ | A certain amount of "critical mass" is necessary in order for a wiki to "take off". Without 5-10 people eagerly writing and arguing and playing with each other, it wouldn't be as much fun. So we encourage anyone who wants to build a wiki in their own language to also go out and announce/recruit for it. :-) |
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And then any other languages can be set up very quickly. |
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Here are some "international Wikipedia" policy questions. To a certain extent, these questions will resolve themselves, though. |
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* How are the various Wikipedias going to be coordinated, if at all? Will we have several quite different articles in different languages? Will English be a ''lingua franca''? See /Coordination to discuss. |
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* What are some suggestions about what can be put on new language Wikipedia home pages? See /Homepages to discuss. |
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* What are some suggestions about how to use "international Wikipedias" for purposes of [[Nupedia]] article translation projects? See [[/Nupedia Translation]] to discuss. |
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* Anything else? |
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'''Please suggest new language Wikipedias below!''' |
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Based on some very excellent recommendations and a little research on my part, I am thinking now of using these [http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso639/iso639-1-en.html ISO 639-1] codes for the 'canonical' names of the International Wikis. 'www' will be for the English language wiki, because it was first and largest, and because I speak English. :-) |
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I will additionally attempt to support as many variations such as |
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german.wikipedia.com, deutsche.wikipedia.com, etc. |
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espanol.wikipedia.com, castellano.wikipedia.com, etc. |
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...if you take a wild guess at one of those, then you will end up |
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at the right place after all. |
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I've deleted the discussion, all of which was excellent, to make room for more discussion, if necessary. |
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At the present time, I plan to create new wikis for each langauge only "upon request" -- but it only takes me 10 minutes to do it, so don't hesitate to request. |
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What a great idea to run parallel wikipedias for different languages! All maintenance problems solved, back-up work and enthusiasm immediatly benefit all the wikis. |
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For my own personal taste I would very much like a wikipedia in swedish. The best name for it would be svensk.wikipedia.com with the canonical sv.wikipedia.com as a complement. [[LinusTolke]] |
For my own personal taste I would very much like a wikipedia in swedish. The best name for it would be svensk.wikipedia.com with the canonical sv.wikipedia.com as a complement. [[LinusTolke]] |
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I loved the concept of Wikipedia site and I'm sure that it would be a sucess in my country! |
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So, why not a Wikipedia in portuguese (pt.wikipedia.com)? I can't wait for that! |
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One of the people who did [[Frank]] would like to see a Wikipedia in French. He or she claims there is stuff ready to go in. |
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Revision as of 06:34, 18 May 2001
Wiki encyclopedias have been started in other languages:
Spanish (Espanol) -- Chinese -- Catalan (Catalana) -- Esperanto -- French (Francais) -- German (Deutsch) --- Hebrew -- Italian (Italiano) -- Japanese (Nihongo) -- Portuguese (Portugues) -- Spanish (Espanol) -- Russian (Russkiy)
A certain amount of "critical mass" is necessary in order for a wiki to "take off". Without 5-10 people eagerly writing and arguing and playing with each other, it wouldn't be as much fun. So we encourage anyone who wants to build a wiki in their own language to also go out and announce/recruit for it. :-)
Here are some "international Wikipedia" policy questions. To a certain extent, these questions will resolve themselves, though.
- How are the various Wikipedias going to be coordinated, if at all? Will we have several quite different articles in different languages? Will English be a lingua franca? See /Coordination to discuss.
- What are some suggestions about what can be put on new language Wikipedia home pages? See /Homepages to discuss.
- What are some suggestions about how to use "international Wikipedias" for purposes of Nupedia article translation projects? See /Nupedia Translation to discuss.
- Anything else?
Please suggest new language Wikipedias below!
For my own personal taste I would very much like a wikipedia in swedish. The best name for it would be svensk.wikipedia.com with the canonical sv.wikipedia.com as a complement. LinusTolke